Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013

H.R. 1414 · 113th Congress · Apr 9, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To promote local and regional farm and food systems, and for other purposes.

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Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013”.

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Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

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Apr 9, 2013viewing Introduced in House Ms. Pingree of Maine (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Matsui, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Moran, Mr. Holt, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Walz, Mr. Welch, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Speier, Ms. Moore, Ms. Fudge, Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Enyart, and Ms. Tsongas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned